Twelve Greeks and Romans who changed the world /
As Richard vibrantly describes the contributions of the individuals, he details the historical context in which each lived, showing how these men influenced their world and ours.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield,
©2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Homer, founder of Western literature
- Thales, founder of Western science
- Themistocles, defender of Greek civilization
- Pericles, democratic reformer
- Plato, founder of Western philosophy
- Alexander the Great, disseminator of Greek culture
- Scipio Africanus, defender of the Roman Republic
- Julius Caesar, destroyer of the Roman Republic
- Cicero, statesman, philosopher, and republican martyr
- Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire
- Paul of Tarsus, Christian evangelist
- Augustine, Christian theologian.